The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
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Why should you, or |, or anybody else, ST
brooding in silence. when We have The sbiii-
" and opportunity To Do good % humanity
in seneal2 These thoughts agitatea N,
minds ia number of our citizens and dur
ing last spring, in order TO have a proper
method for carrying out the abose quite a
number united themselves with the \ o X
" c.. or Ancient Order Knights of tie Nys-
/ nc Chain
Although this was the first order Of this
kind in Somerset county il increased rapidly
and to-day there are several Castle> in our
county The Castle of Stoyes,own numbers
II present about 70. Last night they gave a
public entertainment TO the people Of our
/ borough Il was held in the Reformed
church and the meeting was called at : p.
m. by the chairman. James BausA. The
house was vel filed, and attention. ~ all Of
the exercises very good
The first exercise was Greeting song
This was followed By reading Of Scriptur.
ode, and then prayer by the Chaplain. : J.
Cation
The next was music Consider the Lilies.
which was followed by the Address of Wei
come, by Prof Ed. smith The response
was made BY VIM. Speicher. Both address
and response were well received by the audi
enee.
After this a song. some Day I'll Greet
the Friends The Grafton Of the evening
was then delivered by Rev. :. J. CatJn. He
spoke Of the origin Of Ancient Knight Er-
rantry, and its relation 70 those times and
Modern Errautry. and its influence upon our
times. He also showed the benefits women
derive from such an order by their husbands
being members, and concluded By showing
how the church, the world. and humanity
in general would be benetiited by H.
Asolo, by Wm- >peicher
A Warrior Bold was then sung. in
which the choir joined in the chorus. After
this We listened To au able adIres, on the
subject ofthe Ancient Order Knights OF
the Mystic Chain, and its Relation tn the
Church, by Prof 6. B. Gardner
This was followed by a male quartet,e
Voice Of Freedom, by Wm. Bru0aker
Wm- speieher C. " Pugl, and Prof W. H.
Cover.
The next was an address By NJ V Sorber.
on the Object and Aims of the Order
This gentleman spose In a humorous style.
and told a great many good things pertaining
% the subject
humorous piece of music was then
sung. entitled Iou Can't Always Tell. the
solo by Miss Matte Brubaser, aud the cho-
rus toy the choir. Ia the last part Prof CO.
yer sang part Of the chorus in German, W hicI
created some amusement
Mr.. John g. kocher then read au.-ssay On
the Benefits Of Secret Societies. This wa-
an able production
Miss Mamie Push and Mr. Wn >peicher
then sang duet, entitled No Home Like
Ny own, which was highly appreciated
j. " M1S;oller was now introduced. who
was 10 speak on secret Societies and
claimed That hi field had already been
pioughed Iensthwise and crosswise. and caty-
conered, and the only way for him to plough
it over was TO pIow gee around it. He. hory-
ever did not go gee nor irhau. but straight
through, and gave a good talk
A solo by Mis, Pugh The secret. was
then sung, the choir joining in the chorus
with appropriate Ia, Ia to very difficult
tune.
After the closing cere monies the Donizette
Quarete sung The Good Night" aud the
audience went home well pleased, and wiser
than before in regard TO secret orders.
A. citizen and outsider. permit me O.
say thar the entertainment was very good.
The exercises were new and interesting To
an unprejudiced mind It seems TO me that
such an entertainment Is grand incentive
70 strengthen your Castle. to remove preiu-
dice, and TO give you "a larger capacity for do
ing good
To the citizens and other orders / would
say We have splendid musical talent. We
have plenty Of intellect. Why not have
more entertainment, such as this one. and
the one We have reoeutly had, and show the
world what we may do if We viii
A SPglTAToR AM CrrIzEN
Stoyestown Pa March p. iss7